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SHANGHAI -- Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton captured his third straight Formula One race with ease on Sunday, leading from start to finish to win the Chinese Grand Prix. Mercedes showed again that it's in a different class from its rivals, with Hamilton's teammate Nico Rosberg taking second place — the third time in four races this season the pair have finished one-two. “This is a team on a roll, that's for sure,” Hamilton said. “I'm going to be working hard, we're going to keep working hard because obviously the others are pushing to catch us.” Ferrari's Fernando Alonso held off fast-charging Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo...

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SHANGHAI -- Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton captured his third straight Formula One race with ease on Sunday, leading from start to finish to win the Chinese Grand Prix. Mercedes showed again that it's in a different class from its rivals, with...

Ryan Hunter-Reay coasted to his second straight victory at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala., when the rain-shortened IndyCar race finished under caution.
A full-course caution came out for the final seven minutes of the timed race after rookie...

Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg sped away to their fourth straight one-two finish at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday in a dominant performance that does not bode well for the rest of the Formula One field. Hamilton took off from pole...

When the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival launched 15 years ago, creature comforts included any small slice of shade cast by the odd light pole, the occasional working toilet and maybe somewhere to sit other than the dusty desert floor.
Today,...

The incident in which Tony Stewart's car struck and killed another driver further clouds Stewart's ability to qualify for this year's NASCAR title playoff.
Stewart's car struck the driver, 20-year-old Kevin Ward Jr., who was on foot on the track and...

A day ago, few outside of Canandaigua, N.Y., knew or had ever heard of Kevin Ward Jr. Today, that’s not the case.
Saturday night at Canandaigua Motorsports Park, Ward was struck by a sprint car driven by NASCAR veteran Tony Stewart. Ward was pronounced...

Tony Stewart is perhaps the most temperamental driver in NASCAR, a trait's that caused him to be involved in numerous run-ins with others during his career yet also has made him endearing to a legion of NASCAR fans.
On Saturday night, Stewart struck...

Reaction to the death of Kevin Ward Jr. was predictable and heartfelt as NASCAR starts to figure out how to deal with this tragic situation.
Ward was struck by a sprint car driven by NASCAR superstar Tony Stewart on Saturday night at Canandaigua...

Tony Stewart decided not to drive in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Watkins Glen, N.Y., following the death of Kevin Ward Jr. and issued a statement that in part said, "There aren't words to describe the sadness I feel about the...

Tony Stewart has not yet decided if he will drive in this weekend's NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway, a team spokesman said Monday.
Stewart pulled out of Sunday's NASCAR race in Watkins Glen, N.Y., after his car struck and killed a...

Major U.S. motor racing goes quiet this weekend for its traditional Easter break.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Verizon IndyCar Series and the National Hot Rod Assn.'s Mello Yello Series all have the weekend off.
But Formula One will race Sunday...

As Formula One prepared for this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, perhaps the racing series' biggest news came out of Italy.
Formula One stalwart Ferrari, mired in a years-long slump, tapped Marco Mattiacci as team principal after Stefano Domenicali stepped...

SAKHIR, Bahrain -- Lewis Hamilton edged Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg after an intense race-long duel to take victory by just one second at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday. The two Mercedes were predictably in a different league to their rivals and...

The 40th running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is Sunday with one overarching question: Who can put the brakes on Will Power?
The 33-year-old Australian has won the last three Verizon IndyCar Series races, and four of the last six, going back to...

Two French drivers topped the speed charts in Friday's second practice for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the second race of the season in the Verizon IndyCar Series.
Simon Pagenaud turned the fastest lap at 102.457 mph at the 1.97-mile, 11-turn...

No matter where he starts Sunday's race, veteran IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan believes he is sitting pretty.
Kanaan, a fan favorite who won the Indianapolis 500 for the first time last year, was hired by the powerhouse team of Target Chip Ganassi Racing...

Ryan Hunter-Reay won the pole position for Sunday's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, a race the former Verizon IndyCar Series champion won in 2010.
Hunter-Reay, who drives for the Andretti Autosport team, turned a lap of 104.462 mph on the 11-turn,...

Juan Pablo Montoya leaned his back against a wall, adjusted his sunglasses and waited for the next reporter to put a camera or voice recorder in front of him.
It was media day for drivers in Sunday's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. And though it's...

The first half of the 40th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach generally was a stately affair.
There were no major accidents, though Sebastien Bourdais slammed into the tire barriers twice, and Ryan Hunter-Reay maintained the lead with apparent ease.
Then...

Juan Pablo Montoya celebrated his return to Long Beach after 14 years with a fourth-place finish.
Montoya won the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in 1999 but then left for Formula One racing in 2001 and, six years later, NASCAR stock car racing. He's...